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    "id": 1342285,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Rarieda, ODM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. For the avoidance of doubt, these regulations are for annulment but not withdrawal, as the Vice- Chairman has spoken about. They are for immediate annulment. They are of no legal effect once we are done. The reasons are simple. Firstly, this constitutes an encroachment and overreach by the National and County Government Coordinating Summit. You cannot purport to make decisions that affect constituencies and Members of Parliament who are not represented at that forum. Whatever forum that was in Naivasha, it should have done what took them there, but not touch our jurisdiction. Secondly, Section 6 of the Kenya Roads Board Act, as captured by the Chair, is very clear. You cannot make regulations that contradict a substantive provision of the Act. That is a preserve of Parliament. To purport to do so is actually in contempt of Parliament. The rationale cannot be deciphered. You cannot purport to reduce these provisions to make some provisions for the counties. County governments are given money to make county roads. However, they do not do it most of the time. The citizens keep coming to us asking us about the very many roads that are not passable. If any case was to be made, it would be of increasing this allocation but not decreasing it. Let county governments use their funds for the county roads that they ought to make. In most occasions, county roads are affected because most counties subject that to the discretion of the Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs), who prioritise other things other than roads. That is not the mistake of the Members of Parliament or KeRRA in this funding. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to submit that this Fund, under this scheme, just like the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF), is one of the very few verifiable important funds for the citizens. Without the NG-CDF and these funds, the citizens would suffer immensely. I want to submit in closing that to the extent that these regulations are made in contradiction of the Act, or they are made without consultation of those affected, or they are made without rationale, then they are for total rejection with a caution that they must not try to do something like this again. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker."
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